ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,094, issued on March 25, was assigned to SELLE ITALIA S.R.L. (Treviso, Italy).

"Covering tape for bicycle handlebars and the manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Giuseppe Bigolin (Treviso, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A covering tape for bicycle handlebars includes an elongated foldable body extending along a main longitudinal direction (X-X) between opposite axial ends. At one of the axial ends, the body is mechanically integral with a cylindrical closing cap of a hollow end of the bicycle handlebars."

The patent was filed on March 29, 2023, under Application No. 18/127,883.

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